Tag: Greater Manchester Police

Police name bodies found in Wythenshawe house

Olwen and StephenGreater Manchester Police have named two people found dead at a house in Woodhouse Park, Wythenshawe, earlier this week.

The Manchester Evening News has reported a police source sayiing It is believed  Stephen Dohoney, aged 55, stabbed his 86-year-old mother Olwen to death before hanging himself. Continue reading “Police name bodies found in Wythenshawe house”

Police investigate after bodies of man and woman are found in Wythenshawe home

Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of the bodies of a man and woman in a house in Woodhouse Park. Continue reading “Police investigate after bodies of man and woman are found in Wythenshawe home”

Burglars smash windows in Benchill break-in

Burglars broke into a house in Newhey Road, Benchill yesterday.

Police say the burglars  smashed kitchen door and conservatory window when the offenders broke into the house between 10am- noon on Friday November 1.

Anyone with information about the burglary should ring Crimestoppers on 0800555111.

Tests underway on suspected 3-D gun seized in Wythenshawe police raids

GreateCroppedImager Manchester Police say they cannot yet “categorically say” whether material siezed in a series of raids in Wythenshawe are component parts of the the UK’s first 3D printed gun.

As part of Operation Challenger, police raided homes the Baguley area on Thursday 24 October 2013 and found a 3D printer and what is suspected to be a 3D plastic magazine and trigger which could be fitted together to make a viable gun.

But today, Assistant Chief Constable Steve Heywood said: “We need to be absolutely clear that at that this stage, we cannot categorically say we have recovered the component parts for a 3D gun. Continue reading “Tests underway on suspected 3-D gun seized in Wythenshawe police raids”

Wythenshawe police hunt sex beast after 40-year-old woman is raped in Woodhouse Park

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman in her forties was raped in the Woodhouse Park area of Wythenshawe last night.

The woman was walking  down a short ginnel just off Staithes Road,at about 8.20pm on Tuesday October 22 and as she walked onto the road, was grabbed by a man who pushed her behind some garages close to the ginnel and raped her.

Police say they don’t believe the attack is linked to earlier sexual assaults in Newall Green. Continue reading “Wythenshawe police hunt sex beast after 40-year-old woman is raped in Woodhouse Park”